Better Things Around The Corner For Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool

Klopp is likely to keep faith in the front three of Salah, Mane & Firmino as he looks to press Manchester City high up the pitch.

If Liverpool and City draw it could benefit Chelsea if they manage to defeat Southampton in Sunday's earlier game held on the south coast. Where City have faced a fixture against a team just promoted from the Championship (Wolves, Fulham and Cardiff), last season's data has been taken from the fixture against the team relegated to make way for them (Swansea, West Brom and Stoke).

'(Chelsea) have started the season well.

Liverpool - Pep Guardiola took responsibility for placing his trust in Riyad Mahrez as the Algerian's missed penalty five minutes from time cost Manchester City victory in a disappointing 0-0 draw at Liverpool on Sunday.

Van Dijk has been one of the biggest influences in Liverpool's new found belief, the Reds not conceding a league goal at Anfield since February, and recording more clean sheets than any other English club in that period.

However, City have performed better in their eight games this season than they did in the equivalent fixtures in 2017-18, Gracenote's analysis suggests.

Defender Joe Gomez was switched back to the right of defence to accommodate Dejan Lovren's return for his first Premier League appearance of the season after injury. "I think we deserved to win, but sometimes it is better to not lose as well".

Going by how the two sides have been at top form, many would have thought the game would be filled with goals from different angles.

Heading into the worldwide break, City, Liverpool and Chelsea are all on 20 points, with Arsenal and Tottenham two adrift.

"We aim to improve every game, even if it is against Chelsea, for example, and we want to win every game".

Mahrez let slip a good chance on the hour when he shot wide when well placed in the penalty box.

'We showed that we are not just a team that likes to play and leaves big spaces - we are also a team that wants to be strong defensively, and that's what we showed at Anfield'. "Since pre-season I believe I have understood the way Jürgen Klopp plays and the way the team plays", said Fabinho.

"Yeah, obviously there is a little bit of a concern because he [Fabinho] hasn't been playing".

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